The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch

The idea was good, using information asymmetry to control two third-tiers, but the actual implementation encountered many obstacles.

Neither Lucy nor Oppold were fervent believers; they wouldn’t revere her as a god just because of spiritual summoning and other information.

Their long lives in high positions prevented them from easily bowing to others, unless faced with a “terrorist organization” like the “Judicator’s Court” that could overpower them, making them cooperate slightly, but even that was limited.

Ciel continued flipping through the pages.

【Holy Year 741, June 26th, 12:00 PM】

【Avena relayed news that, for some unknown reason, Oppold dismissed all his attendants and moved into Clock Tower Alley. Lucy also holed up inside Deton Manor and hasn’t shown her face since】

【As for why Avena knew, it’s because at yesterday’s banquet, she once again invited everyone to hold a transcendent salon at Avena’s manor. Both of them declined for different reasons】

【Looks like misfortune taught them a lesson】

【I don’t know what they encountered. Anyway, I was only almost hit by a runaway carriage and then almost hit my head on a rusty nail someone placed on the adjacent wall while dodging the carriage, and it cost me 5 Fate Points】

【The next letters are crucial. This step determines whether I can gain their trust and also affects whether I can obtain their sealed artifacts】 ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

【But there’s one thing I’m very curious about】

【When Lucy followed the rules, she could gradually control the “Strong Luck Coin,” perhaps her potion digestion also became smoother】

【When Oppold followed the rules, he also gained the benefit of potion digestion, even allowing his originally mutated body to gradually recover】

【What about me?】

【Except for contacting Tara that one time, I’ve barely contacted any transcendents these past few days. Why haven’t I felt any changes in my body?】

【Or has the change already happened, I just haven’t noticed yet?】

【Perhaps I can consider experimenting】

Indeed.

Ciel also noticed this problem.

Oppold and Lucy both gained benefits when following the rules. In contrast, Ciel seemed unchanged, which puzzled her slightly.

Was it because she hadn’t become a transcendent yet? Did she exploit a bug in the rules, preventing the “reward” from being distributed?

Ciel continued reading downwards. Soon, her gaze locked onto the night of June 27th.

【Holy Year 741, June 27th, 11:00 PM】

【Something happened】

【In the previous simulation, when they only had a partial understanding of the rules and were mostly kept in the dark, they didn’t choose to take any action】

【But this time, with the hints I provided, Oppold already guessed some things—one of Avena’s suicide messengers was discovered and killed by him. He started using the free time within the rules to act】

【Just this afternoon, Lucy died at Deton Manor. I bet her “Strong Luck Coin” today, June 27th, definitely landed tails twice】

【But strangely, after Lucy died, the “Strong Luck Coin” on her disappeared】

【I am seventy percent certain Oppold took it...】

【Fortunately, he is now in the light, and I am in the dark. He definitely cannot imagine that the other chosen one is just an ordinary person】

【It’s just that Avena’s situation might be somewhat dangerous. I have already written to Avena, asking her to take Nia and leave Berren City for a few days to hunt, avoiding any unfortunate incidents】

Lucy died first?

For a “Favored” to be killed so easily, the only possibility was that her “Strong Luck Coin” landed tails twice consecutively, causing her to lose all her good luck.

Ciel was somewhat surprised that Oppold dared to act so directly...

Would Oppold be punished by the rules?

Or was mutual hunting actually permitted within the rules?

With such an unexpected event, she definitely couldn’t continue providing any clues to Oppold, otherwise, she might become the prey herself.

Ciel quickly flipped to the next page.

As expected, her simulated self decisively gave up providing clues to Oppold, instead observing quietly, watching if disaster would suddenly befall Oppold or herself.

Before letting Avena leave, Ciel asked her for a batch of helpers, all corrupt police officers from Clock Tower Alley. Using these people wouldn’t cause any psychological burden.

To monitor all of Oppold’s actions in Clock Tower Alley comprehensively, the simulated Ciel implemented a major plan.

After the leader of the Blackwater Gang died, the gang was currently leaderless, internally fragmented into several groups, fighting almost daily over territory. The situation with collecting “protection fees” also worsened, reaching a point where even the Church of the Savior Goddess wanted to intervene.

The simulated Ciel used that batch of corrupt police officers to arrest the leaders of the splintered Blackwater Gang factions on a large scale, executing them centrally. She then directly took over the remaining remnants, formally renaming the gang the Blood Letter Gang.

This way, Ciel could control a major force entrenched in Clock Tower Alley without contacting transcendents. Members of the new Blood Letter Gang would keep an eye on Oppold’s movements for Ciel.

Such surveillance would definitely be noticed by Oppold; it was only a matter of time. However, Ciel didn’t need to worry about this issue, because she only needed to stay in this world for 24 hours before leaving. Even if Oppold could detect a slight anomaly, it wouldn’t have any impact.

As long as Ciel used Little Left to get both sealed artifacts stored on Oppold before leaving.

However, one point made Ciel puzzled.

Oppold killing Lucy didn’t trigger any misfortune...

This made Ciel somewhat worried about the “person” or “thing” behind the rules.

Could the ultimate goal be like a Colosseum, forcing the three to fight to the death, leaving only one survivor?

Ciel temporarily put aside her thoughts and looked at the attachment tucked inside the notebook.

It was a high-success-rate Reconstitution Ritual for “Coroner,” given to Ciel by Tara.

Previously, Ciel had also bought a Reconstitution Ritual from Deton Manor. The content of that ritual was very simple.

Drink the potion first, then excavate three corpses and piece them together. Once the newly stitched corpse regained the ability to move, the ritual could be completed.

But the Reconstitution Ritual Tara gave her, currently before Ciel, was clearly much more complex...

It required drinking the potion, then excavating two fragmented transcendent corpses for stitching and reconstruction. The final product had to be almost indistinguishable from a normal human.

The more exquisitely the stitched corpse resembled a normal human, the faster the potion would digest.

What kind of “Coroner” is this? Might as well call it “Grave Digger” or “Necromancer.”